Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Content v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 3
5. Chapter One. Fraternal Devotions: Carlos Bulosan and the Sexual Politics of America 17
6. Chapter Two. Gish Jen and the Gendered Codes of Americanness 44
7. Chapter Three. Transversing Nationalism, Gender, and Sexuality in Jessica Hagedorn’s „Dogeaters“ 73
8. Chapter Four. Global-Local Discourse and Gendered Screen Fictions in Karen Tei Yamashita’s „Through the Arc of the Rain Forest“ 106
9. Conclusion. Asian American Feminist Literary Criticism on Multiple Terrains 139
10. Appendix One. Number of Plots in „Dogeaters“ 147
11. Appendix Two. Epigraphs and Other Quoted Material in „Dogeaters“ 148
12. Notes 151
13. Works Cited 185
14. Index 199